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- Practice Tip of the Month
- Information about private tuition
- Information about workshops
- Resources for teachers & pupils
- Testimonials from pupils & colleagues
- Trixi's qualifications
- Contact information
If you are in the habit of playing the same wrong note and correcting yourself, chances are, this is what you've been practicing. To stop it, SLOW DOWN so that your brain goes BEFORE your habituated fingers. You need time for your CONSCIOUS brain to get in there first and STOP the damage before you rush in again, play a corrected mistake YET AGAIN and strengthen that particular unwanted neural path even more. Ask yourself - do you want to become an expert at correcting yourself audibly for all to hear, or do you simply want to play the right note/s? And if you've slowed down a bit, and it still keeps happening, it means you're still going too fast to be in conscious control. SLOW DOWN!
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Information about Private Tuition
Trixi offers tuition in all styles of keyboard/piano for all ages, recorders for children, jazz for beginners, voice, improvisation, composition, general theory and musicianship. She believes in a rounded music education which involves learning to read music and playing by ear, learning other people's music and creating your own.
Most importantly, learning to sing or play a musical instrument should be an enjoyable activity and not a chore.
Activities designed to build musical skills and confidence, and to inspire enjoyment and laughter are an important feature of her tuition style.
 Tuition for adults.... |
 ....and kids! |
Young or old, experienced or a beginner, Trixi is happy to provide tuition for you. You can learn jazz or classical, and you're welcome to work towards ABRSM examinations in either style if you wish. Pupils prepared for examination by Trixi tend to enjoy exceptional success.
Singing
An enjoyable approach to singing and vocal production, where you can learn songs of your choice - you can even try vocal improvisation. Trixi covers issues such as vocal health, overcoming tension and developing self confidence. You can work towards LCM exams for popular vocals if you wish. Pupils prepared for exams by Trixi tend to enjoy exceptional success.
Musicianship for Jazz Singers
There's more to being a jazz singer than having a great voice! If you're new to working with combos, this course covers how to put together and nurture a good relationship with your band, communicating intros, endings, tempos and grooves with confidence to your band, providing charts in your chosen keys for your band, and building repertoire.
Recorder Tuition for Children
Your child may not be sure yet what instrument he or she would like to play. Recorder tuition with Trixi can help your child to learn to read music and start making music in an enjoyable way.
To contact Trixi about private one-to-one tuition, click on: enjoy.making.music@gmail.com
Information about workshops
Details on any forthcoming workshops in the UK or Greece are listed in the Diary page.
 Primary school children raising the roof! |
 Voice workshop sessions on a sunny terrace in Greece |
Trixi also offers private workshops in:
voice work for adults
voice work for primary schools
voice work for choirs
songwriting
setting your poetry to music
song meditation
To find out how your group can have its own workshop contact Trixi on voice.confidence@gmail.com
Testimonials from pupils & colleagues
"One of the most resourceful teachers in the UK."
(Principal of the Oxford School of Music)
"Trixi has made my initial lessons both challenging and dynamic, but never pushing me out of my depth, and through all of this she has approached it with her great sense of humour and fun."
(T, private student, Aston Clinton,)
"Your unflagging enthusiasm and ingenuity have helped me move back into musical thinking. Were I young enough to have another family, I would certainly send them to you."
"Your voice workshops have been splendid, both musically and socially. To see how you can turn a group of disparate people into a happy, motivated and integrated choir in a mere 2-3 hours is astonishing."
(S, private student and workshop participant, Oxford)
"Trixi has a lovely, patient style of teaching which is particularly well suited for the nervous or young student. Even so she is able to encourage students to high achievement, with a strong coaching aspect which is essential for performers. My daughter started jazz piano from scratch and had a Distinction in Grade 2 within 2.5 years! "
(P, mother of private student, Oxford)
Trixi's Qualifications
Trixi has an MA in music education and an MEd (University of Wales).
She has also taken post-graduate courses in creative music making in education
(Orff Institute, Mozarteum, Austria) and jazz voice, jazz piano & composition
(Trinity College of Music, London).
An experienced tutor in keyboard/piano and voice, a fully-qualified Sound Healing Practitioner and member of the College of Sound Healing, and a member of the Natural Voice Practitioners' Network, Trixi is also a regular workshop leader in voice, songwriting and meditation through sound and song, and has run courses in Greece for Skyros, Liberato and Yoga Plus.
She has worked within GCE/GCSE awarding bodies and undertaken scrutinies of UK awarding bodies on behalf of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
Trixi holds a certificate of Enhanced Disclosure.
Contact information
Private Tuition:
Email: enjoy.making.music@gmail.com
Private Workshops:
Email: voice.confidence@gmail.com